Rishi Sunak must be prepared to say No to the South - Yorkshire Post Letters

DESPITE being ‘thrown in at the deep end’ so far, Rishi Sunak’s record as Chancellor has been impressive (The Yorkshire Post, June 22).

So too is his ‘fantastic brand’ pronouncement on George Osborne’s much trumpeted and much delayed Northern Powerhouse.

He has spelled out the loneliness of a Chancellor’s job, including the need “to say no a lot”.

He will be aware that, in the North, we’ve been used to that for decades, whilst paying for an endless stream of affirmatives south of Watford.

He will also know that areas of the North, traditionally far less Tory than his Richmond constituency, were responsible for this government’s healthy majority.

Given the unprecedented financial problems facing the country, can he bring himself to restoring some balance by saying a more frequent, resounding “no” to London and the Home Counties?

From: Terence Hammond, Woolgreaves Drive, Sandal, Wakefield.

I MUST agree wholeheartedly with Peter Brown on his appraisal of “bluffer Boris”, as one being elevated above his ability because of the voting system (The Yorkshire Post, June 22).

In the present shambles, and obvious mendacity of the incumbent “crew”, it keeps me sane to recall the fine words of Sir Robin Day in his interview of Sir John Nott in 1982 over the Falklands: “Transient here today and if I may say so gone tomorrow politicians.”

How true it was then, and even more so now.

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